Recent Results of Mammogram

Let me first say that I had breast cancer in 2005. Lumpectomy and radiation was the treatment. After surgery, I developed an abscess in the breast that was operated on. I had to have it cleaned out and then packing placed. The wound created had to heal from the inside out because it would not heal any other way. Needless to say, I have very dense scar tissue in that breast. Every time I go for a mammogram, it is mentioned.

I just recently had my yearly mammogram done and have been recalled for additional testing on that breast. This will be the second time in 14 years that I have been called back. The mammogram reported asymmetry with distortion in left breast. Not sure what this mean but I take it that it is not good.

Since they note this scarring in my left breast on every mammogram, I constantly worry they are missing something. No one ever recommends any further testing than additional sonogram or mammograms. Its a very unsettling situation. I hold my breath every year when I go for my mammogram in hopes they don't find anything.